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Kia Niro PHEV Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 68 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Kia Niro PHEV (2018–2025). The most-complained-about year is 2019.

3
safety recalls, all years
68
owner complaints, all years
2023
year with most recalls
2019
year with most complaints

Pick your Kia Niro PHEV model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2025 Kia Niro PHEV12
2024 Kia Niro PHEV13
2023 Kia Niro PHEV26
2022 Kia Niro PHEV112
2021 Kia Niro PHEV11
2020 Kia Niro PHEV15
2019 Kia Niro PHEV126
2018 Kia Niro PHEV113

What Kia Niro PHEV owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 68 complaints with NHTSA. The 2019 model year has the most, with 26.

All Kia Niro PHEV recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Kia Niro PHEV, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Electrical system: wiring and seats

    NHTSA 25V024000 Reported 80,255 vehicles potentially affected Kia America, Inc.

    Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and Hybrid vehicles. The floor wiring assembly beneath the front passenger seat may become damaged, which can prevent the front air bags and seat belts from deploying properly or cause an unintended side curtain air bag deployment.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect, replace and reroute the floor wiring assembly, as necessary, free of charge. In addition, dealers will install wiring covers. Owner notification letters were mailed February 27, 2025. Owners may…

    Model years: 2023, 2024, 2025

  2. Actuators/solenoids (power train)

    NHTSA 23V534000 Reported 121,411 vehicles potentially affected Kia America, Inc.

    Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2017-2022 Niro and 2018-2022 Niro Plug-in Hybrid vehicles. Fluid may leak into the printed circuit board inside the hydraulic clutch actuator, which can result in an engine compartment fire.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the hydraulic clutch actuator as necessary and install a new fuse, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 29, 2023. Owners may contact Kia customer service at…

    Model years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

  3. Instrument cluster/panel (electrical system)

    NHTSA 23V298000 Reported 108,936 vehicles potentially affected Kia America, Inc.

    Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage Plug-in Hybrid, Niro Hybrid, Niro Plug-in Hybrid, Soul, and Telluride vehicles equipped with a digital instrument cluster containing a 4.2" LCD screen. The instrument cluster may fail to display any information when the vehicle is started. As such,…

    Remedy: Dealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 26, 2023. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC270.

    Model years: 2023

Other Kia models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.